Hindutva as a factor of unification and confrontation in Indian society by Olga L. Solodkova, Mariia S. Antasheva

“…While in power, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under the leadership of Narendra Modi, has been using Hindutva - the ideology of the Hindu nationalism - as the basis of its public policies aimed at deeply modernising the country and mobilising the Indian society. Historical memory management becomes a key tool for strengthening the religious identity, with Hindutva acting not only as a unifying narrative but also as an ideological core. …”
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Safe schools Africa: Ensuring the provision of safe infrastructure for school children on donor-financed road projects by Ayikai Poswayo, George Malekele, Jeffrey Witte, Emmanuel Adanu

“… Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the world’s highest road traffic injury rates, and rates are increasing as the continent develops and mobilises. However, roads are a cornerstone of economic development, and so governments across the continent – supported by development partners – invest heavily in developing their road networks. …”
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Il Service Learning in area giuridica: l’esperienza dell’Università di Verona by Luigina Mortari, Roberta Silva, Alessia Bevilacqua, Alessandra Cordiano

“…Il progetto Erasmus+ “Mobilising university-community resources through SL for the inclusion of migrants/refugees” ne rappresenta un esempio attuativo. …”
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‘Hard’ and ‘soft’ approaches in active transport promotion: analysis and mapping of government policies by Nicholas J. R. Hunter, Benjamin Cramer, Erica Randle, Katherine A. Hunter

“…Applying these methods to other areas will help determine the most effective combination of approaches for maximising active transport uptake.…”
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3D Computation of Lightning Leader Stepped Propagation Inside a Realistic Cloud by Dessante, Philippe

“…It consists in finding by steps the path which maximises the potential difference taking into account the cloud and leader space charge. …”
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Vegetarian diet - how does it affect our body? by Natalia Tekiela, Natalie Papachristoforu, Daria Michałka, Zuzanna Gałuszka, Monika Makar, Tomasz Bartuś, Emilia Bąk, Justyna Głowacka, Aleksandra Kocjan, Radosław Chmiel

“…Careful selection of meal ingredients and adequate supplementation are key to maximising the benefits and counteracting the potential risks associated with such diets. …”
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Professional learning networks: a descriptive phenomenological study with primary school teachers in Greece by Ourania Maria Ventista, Stavroula Kaldi, Magdalini Kolokitha, Christos Govaris, Chris Brown

“…The transformation of teachers’ and leaders’ stances is discussed, enabling the opportunity to maximise school improvement. Originality/value – The study examines PLNs as European Union-funded initiatives that are developed by teachers in centralised education systems under the phenomenological research paradigm. …”
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Challenges of sharing individual participant data for secondary research on neglected tropical diseases: the experience of Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative and a call for ac... by Anastassia Negrouk, Thaddaeus Egondi, Craig Tipple, Justyna Tarwid, Michelle Childs, Dominique Junod-Moser

“…Introduction The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) is committed to maximising the scientific value of the individual participant data (IPD) it has collected during its 20 years of activity and the IPD it will collect in the future, while safeguarding research participants’ privacy and their right to know how their data will be processed.Objective The objective of this article is to share what DNDi has learnt while working on its commitment to data sharing. …”
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Binaural Active Audition for Humanoid Robots to Localise Speech over Entire Azimuth Range by Hyun-Don Kim, Kazunori Komatani, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno

“…The CSP of sound signals obtained with only two microphones was used to localise the sound source without having to measure impulse response data. The expectation-maximisation (EM) algorithm helped the system to cope with several moving sound sources and reduce localisation errors. …”
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Anticiper pour mieux planifier : quelle demande en eau pour quelle agriculture demain ? Éditorial by Sami BOUARFA, Delphine LEENHARDT, Pierre COMPÈRE, Dominique COURAULT, Gilles BELAUD, Salomé SCHNEIDER

“…» a permis de faire le point sur les méthodes mobilisables et les actions engagées pour améliorer l’anticipation de la demande en eau agricole à l’horizon 2050, tout en soulevant des questions cruciales : sur quelles données de base se fonde la gestion de la ressource en eau ? …”
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Wearable Quarter-Wave Folded Microstrip Antenna for Passive UHF RFID Applications by Thomas Kaufmann, Damith C. Ranasinghe, Ming Zhou, Christophe Fumeaux

“…The device exhibits a low and narrow profile based on a planar folded quarter-wave length patch structure and is integrated on a flexible substrate to maximise comfort to the wearer. An extended ground plane made from silver fabric successfully minimises the impact of the human body on the antenna performance. …”
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Digital Health Technologies for Optimising Treatment and Rehabilitation Following Surgery: Device-Based Measurement of Sling Posture and Adherence by Joss Langford, Ahmed Barakat, Engy Daghash, Harvinder Singh, Alex V. Rowlands

“…Background: Following shoulder surgery, controlled and protected mobilisation for an appropriate duration is crucial for appropriate recovery. …”
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Development and cognitive testing of a food-frequency questionnaire to assess intake of plant-based protein foods among older adults by Virginie Drolet-Labelle, Alexandra Bédard, Simone Lemieux, Vicky Drapeau, Lana Vanderlee, Danielle Laurin, Sophie Desroches

“…Purposive sampling was used to maximise variation in sociodemographic characteristics, including gender, age, education level and PBP consumption. …”
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Electrical vehicle grid integration for demand response in distribution networks using reinforcement learning by Fayiz Alfaverh, Mouloud Denaï, Yichuang Sun

“…Simulations are presented to demonstrate how the proposed DR strategy can effectively manage the charging/discharging schedule of the EV battery and how V2H and V2G can contribute to smooth the household load profile, minimise electricity bills and maximise revenue.…”
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Rethinking the four-wing problem in plesiosaur swimming using bio-inspired decentralized control by Akira Fukuhara, Mitsutoshi Sato, Hisayuki Ogawa, Tamaki Sato, William Sellers, Akio Ishiguro

“…Abstract A locomotor system that can function across different environmental conditions and produce a range of performances is one of the most critical abilities needed for extant and extinct animals in order to survive and maximise their competitive fitness. Recent engineering-inspired paleontological studies have reconstructed feasible locomotor patterns in extinct animals. …”
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Potential of the CLARA test facility for VHEE radiotherapy research by Deepa Angal-Kalinin, Deepa Angal-Kalinin, Deepa Angal-Kalinin, Stewart Boogert, Stewart Boogert, James Kevin Jones, James Kevin Jones

“…A new beam line has been designed to maximise the exploitation of the CLARA facility in a variety of scientific fields, including novel acceleration and new modalities of radiotherapy. …”
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Psychological experience of inpatients with acute pancreatitis: a qualitative study by Yuanyuan Chen, Guotao Lu, Can Zhang, Yiwen Gao, Jingwen Qin, Weiwei Chen, Yan Ren, Shuli Ma, Weijuan Gong, Xiaoxi Yang, Hongmei He

“…Healthcare providers need to mobilise social support and formulate comprehensive intervention strategies according to patients’ individual characteristics.…”
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Maximum-Power Stirling-like Heat Engine with a Harmonically Confined Brownian Particle by Irene Prieto-Rodríguez, Antonio Prados, Carlos A. Plata

“…This is a crucial aspect, which enables the optimisation of the thermodynamic cycle by maximising the delivered power—thereby addressing a key goal at the practical level. …”
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Los feminismos latinoamericanos y su compleja relación con el Estado : debates actuales by Clarisse Paradis, Marlise Matos

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La question de l’influence de la Qādiriyya sur les débuts du califat de Ḥamdallāhi, à l’épreuve de nouvelles sources by Bernard Salvaing

“…In fact, the rise of the Islamic State in Māsina seems to take its roots in a revivalism that took as a reference the Islamic Policy of the Songhay Emperor Askiyā Muḥammad (d. 1538) who was advised by the preacher al-Maġīlī and tried to deeply integrate Islam into the religious and cultural life of the Empire. …”
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